writer and consultant
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- writer and consultant at Elizabeth Spiers
- Past
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- Founder and Publisher at Breaking Media (nee Dead Horse Media)
- Editor in Chief at Mediabistro.com
- Contributing Writer at New York Magazine
- Founding Editor at Gawker.com
- Education
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- Duke University
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Elizabeth Spiers’s Summary
Elizabeth Spiers is a media launch consultant, entrepreneur, and writer. She is an advisor to Flavorpill Productions, HalogenNetwork and Carlos Watson’s TheStimulist.com, among others. She was the founder of Breaking Media, where she launched Dealbreaker.com, AboveTheLaw.com, and Fashionista.com. She has also launched sites for other companies, including Flavorwire.com, HalogenLife.com and a number of blogs for mediabistro.com. She was also the founding editor of Gawker.com, Gawker Media’s flagship property. As a writer, she is a contributor at Fortune and the author of an upcoming novel, And They All Die in the End, to be published by Riverhead. She has also written for New York, Fast Company, Slate, The New Republic Online, Salon.com, The New York Times, The New York Sun, New York Observer and The New York Post. She has spoken at various media and technology conferences and been a guest commentator on CNN, Fox News, CBS Marketwatch, MSNBC, VH1 and NPR. She also teaches a new media seminar in SVA’s pioneering Design Criticism MFA program.
Elizabeth Spiers’s Specialties:
weblogs, finance, editing, writing, online publishing
Elizabeth Spiers’s Experience
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writer and consultant
Elizabeth Spiers
(Internet industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 8 months)
I write about business, media and entertainment for a variety of publications, and am a contributor to Fortune magazine. I also write fiction, and my first novel is being published by Riverhead.
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Founder and Publisher
Breaking Media (nee Dead Horse Media)
(Online Media industry)
January 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 4 months)
Dead Horse Media produces niche websites that incorporate blog and wiki components. Current properties include DealBreaker.com (a Wall Street gossip site) and AboveTheLaw.com (a legal gossip site), with more to come. The sites are free to read and we generate revenue by selling display advertising. Current endemic advertisers include Bloomberg, The Chicago Board of Exchange, and CFA. Both sites cater to a young, highly-educated, affluent demographic. (According to our most recent survey, DealBreaker's median reader income is $205,000/year.) Demographic advertisers include MarquisJet, U.S. Helicopter and The Helium Report.
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Editor in Chief
Mediabistro.com
(Online Media industry)
November 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 1 month)
I managed all the mediabistro editorial functions and redesigned the site with seven (and a half, perhaps) new topical blogs, increasing traffic precipitously. As you'd expect, most of the duties included the usual editorial tasks--commissioning and editing feature pieces, managing writers and deputy editors, and writing columns myself. Not-quite-editorial-but-not-quite-not responsibilities included managing, analyzing and promoting an industry-wide salary survey, working with other departments to develop resources for journalists, and working to promote editorial via events and outside media.
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Contributing Writer
New York Magazine
(Writing and Editing industry)
September 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 3 months)
I worked at the legendary and wonderful New York magazine (under Caroline Miller for 6 months and Adam Moss for 8) editing the magazine's gossip column, writing pieces about entertainment, media and business and developing redesign prototypes with the rest of the staff.
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Founding Editor
Gawker.com
(Online Media industry)
December 2002 — September 2003 (10 months)
Gawker is a weblog about "the darker Manhattan-centric themes: class warfare as recreational sport; pathological status obsession; and the complete, total, and wholly unapologetic embrace of decadence." Gawker was named to Entertainment Weekly's 2003 "IT list", one of Time magazine's "Top 50 Websites" for 2003, a "Best Media Blog" (2003) by Forbes, and a "Best of Breed" online news site by the New York New Media Association. I was named "Best Gossip" by the Village Voice ("Best of New York") in 2003.
Elizabeth Spiers’s Education
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Duke University
B.A. , Public Policy/Political Science , 1995 — 1999
Additional Information
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Elizabeth Spiers’s Honors:
Named one of:
Institutional Investor's "30 Under 30" 2006
Technorati/AlwaysOn's "Open Media 100" 2005
Women's Wear Daily's "Ones to Watch" 2004
Village Voice's "Best Of New York - Best Gossip" 2003
Elizabeth Spiers’s Contact Settings
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